Day 22-Finishing Well

Good Evening Ladies,

We have learned about listening to God and doing what He has planned for us. We have learned about fulfilling our God given potential to further the Kingdom of God. But what about when we are told that our job is finished and to let someone else bring it home? How about that for a concept? Let me be honest with you, here. As I began reading today's study I did not get what Priscilla was saying for a moment. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. God asks us to complete certain things for Him. We should do those things. But He never says that He is going to need us to complete each task past what His needs for us at the moment are. My definition of finished and God's definition may be different. He may think that I'm finished at the mid-way point while I am striving for the end of the line. 
Have you ever been horse back riding in a group? The horses always try to be first in line. If they are allowed to, they will race to finish first. Guess what? We are those horses. We race to the finish to be the best and to have a sense of accomplishment. Doesn't that mean, then, that we are completing our agenda and not God's agenda. Ladies, we must lay down our rules and parameters! God does not honor our parameters. He has His own agenda....our job is to honor Him and do our very best to do His will. Even when that means not getting to the finish line. Even when it means that someone else gets the credit for our ground laying labor. Do things knowing that God has His reasons and those reasons aren't for us to understand. One other important thing to consider is that we need to be as alert to Him telling us to hand it over as we were when He told us to begin the work in the first place. 
Ladies, I am almost speaking more to myself on this matter than I am speaking to you.  I want to please God. I want to make Him proud of me and what I can do through Him and for Him.  There have been times where He has told me that I am finished with a task. At first it was confusing and my pride was urging me to stay the course. After some prayer and forceful nudging from God, I was able to hand over the reigns to someone else. I worried that they would fail. I worried that they wouldn't fail and that people would think that my contributions were worthless. Then one day I was able to breath easy about the whole situation. I did not care what people thought. I knew that I was called to do what I did. I knew that my clear conscience and ability to breath easy was because God had His hand on the situation. I am happy to report that things have been sailing along great without me for nearly 2 years now. I am glad about it. My point is that when we listen to God things have a way of working out better in the long run. God is good to me. I need to be good to Him and faithful to His urgings in my life. Have you experiences anything like this? I would love to hear about it. 

Have a great night ladies! See you manana!

Randi